Dana Wefer

Dana Wefer was Chairwoman of the Hoboken Housing Authority. In 2017, she sought the Republican Party's nomination for Governor of New Jersey despite being a lifelong Democrat, and she withdrew her candidacy due to a lack of funds.

Biography
Dana Wefer was a lifelong Democratic Party member, and she supported Bernie Sanders during the 2016 presidential election. Wefer attempted to run for a Hoboken 4th ward council seat in 2015 on Mayor Dawn Zimmer's ticket, but her bid failed. Instead, she became Chairwoman of the Hoboken Housing Authority, and she founded the anti-establishment New Jersey Awakens organization to arrange for democratic elections in the state; only 14% of state legislature seats were competitive in November 2017. On 24 February 2017, Wefer announced that she would run for Governor of New Jersey as a Republican Party candidate, claiming that both Democrats and Republicans had rigged the state political system. However, she dropped out of the race after she had problems with raising funds.